OWI Inc Robotic Arm Edge | No Soldering Required | Extensive Range of Motion on All Pivot Points

The robotic arm didn't take long to build. It is an excellent robotic's project. The instruction manual is very well put together and very easy to follow. I didn't have any hitches at all. The robotic arm worked perfectly at completion. If you build this project follow all the suggestions in the instructional manual. I also suggest obtaining the small wax bathroom cups to sort all the parts in before beginning to build. Otherwise you may end up like others have mentioned,having the wrong screws in some areas. I found that trick very helpful. Do get a fine tooth file and file off the left over plastic from parts. It helps it work smoother and makes it look better. I had no problem with the control box as some have had. It went together easily and works perfectly. Thinking and taking care while construction and wiring is the secret to success. I also purchased the USB Interface Kit for the robotic arm. The part that the controller fits into is replaced with one that has a power switch and a USB connection. That way the robotic arm can be operated and tested via computer. I also purchased the OWI-535 Curriculum containing exercises and experiments that are for individual use, in a school or in a home school. These also use the USB interface. I plan on using the curriculum with my grandson in our weekly robotics class on SKYPE. I highly recommend the robotic arm to any experienced kit builder to learn how industrial robots work. An inexperienced builder can assemble it but experience building electronic type kits definitely helps constructing it yourself or aiding a child in building it. It is recommended for 14 year olds and up but 11 to 12 year olds could build it if they are experienced builders and have handled a few tools. Again I highly recommend reading all of the introductory material in the manual and work slowly following all instructions carefully. I wanted to add that I demonstrated the Robotic Arm Edge for my 9 year old grandson tonight (Jan 5th) on SKYPE and he loved it and wants one. I will most likely get him one but will want to build it with him. The person that suggested pre-building the motor/gear boxes and then assembling sounds good but he would miss out on seeing the motors and gears.

This thing is awesome! And, for less than $40, it's a steal. I'm 37, and it makes me feel like a kid. I bought it for my office to have as a fun conversation piece and stress-reliever. I built it in under 3 hours. Lots of little pieces and tricky things to pay attention to, but it was actually a lot of fun to build. The instructions are very good and easy to follow. I've assembled IKEA furniture that was harder than this, so its not that bad. Do yourself a favor and buy some D batteries from Amazon at the same time you order your robot arm. You'll want them handy when you finish building it so you can start playing with it immediately. It only runs on batteries. No AC adapter. You'll also need a mini-philips screwdriver. I used the Stanley 66-052 6-Piece Precision Screwdriver Set, also available on Amazon. You'll also need some basic needlenose pliers, and some nail-clippers to clips the plastic stubs off when you're breaking apart the plastic pieces. Think of old plastic model sets where you have to break out the pieces. It's like that. The instructions say to use an exacto knife and a file. I just twisted them and broke them by hand and used the nail-clippers to trim the stubs. Faster that way I think and good enough. You have to be careful. There is no auto-shutoff when you're using it. If you close the pincers for example and keep the motor going, you'll strip the gears. I made this mistake, had to disassemble a portion of it, re-seat the gears and then it was fine again. But, you have to be careful. If you hear the gears slipping (it'll sound like clicking) you need to ease off the controls and make sure your next move is in the other direction because you maxed out in one direction. Other than that very easy to use. It can only lift 100g per the specs, so it's not very powerful. You're not going to be moving furniture or anything with it, but I set up a little game to pick up wiffle golf balls and put them in a container. Easy enough task for people who come in my office and want to play with it. Highly recommend this!!

This little robot arm is great and fun to play with. Assembling is another story. The tiny hex nuts will make you angrier than you have ever been in your entire life when they pop out of place as you’re tightening the entire gear box. I had to assemble each gear box about 2-3x simply because of the hex nuts. Turns out, you have to hold the gear box together as tightly as humanly possible while tightening the screws to get them to stay. My hands are raw and sensitive now. Other than that, assembly isn’t bad at all. I almost returned this because of the gear box assembly. They should glue the hex nuts in place before giving it to the consumer. Also, make sure you have a very small Phillips screw driver before attempting to assemble. Would have been nice if that was included.

Llego rápido el roducto y en condiciones excelentes, contenido completo ninguna pieza faltó y el manual es excelente explica bien aunque está en inglés pero es lo de menos y muy padre poder armarlo

little hard but very nice working. Right now I am typing with my robotic Arm

This kit is pretty awesome for the price. All parts are plastic with metal screws but was a great intro to robotics for my son, even though I wound up putting most of it together. The max load on the arm is 100g, which is expected considering all the gears are plastic. You can also wire this up to a Arduino/Motor Driver yourself without butchering the wiring, so the potential for programming is there as well. Instructions were also very clear, except for the screw labelling. They seemed to come in random bags with no real order or labels, which is a pain because there's parts that use the same size/length screws only with different threads on them. I think that's were a few of the other reviewers ran into problems with 'stripping' the screw hole. The hole isn't stripped but you'll get that feeling if you use the fine threaded screws in the coarse thread holes for example. All in all quite satisfied, good product!

buen producto

Product is Awesome.Suitable to do programing as well.Installation will take some time.